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Claude Bernard

Date of birth: 1813-07-12

Date of death: 1878-02-10

Quotes number: 13

Nationality: French

Profession: Psychologist

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

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Art is I; science is we.

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Experimentation is an active science.

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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

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Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.

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Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

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Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.

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Science does not permit exceptions.

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